Farnham

Farnham is an ancient medieval town in , full of interesting historical sites and beautiful Georgian buildings.
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  • Type: Town with 37,000 residents
  • Description: town in Surrey, England, UK
  • Also known as: Farnham, Surrey

Places of Interest

Highlights include Farnham Castle and Farnham railway station.

is a 12th-century castle in Farnham, Surrey, England. It was formerly the residence of the Bishops of Winchester.

Railway station
serves the town of Farnham in , England. It is a stop on the Alton line, with services between , , , and London Waterloo; two branch lines also provide services to and .

Arts center
The is a university museum of modern crafts, located next to the entrance of the University for the Creative Arts at Farnham, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hale and Compton.

Village
is a village in , England. It lies just north of Farnham, towards , with to the east. Some maps show Lower and Upper , but the area between the two is indistinct.

Neighborhood
is a former village and today a semi-rural suburb centred 1 mile ESE of Farnham in the Waverley district of , England and connected to Farnham by two direct urban single carriageways and green space footpaths along the Wey which in part marks the northern boundary of the area together with the A31.

Village
is a small village in , England. It lies on the outskirts of Farnham, and borders in .

Farnham

Latitude
51.2152° or 51° 12′ 55″ north
Longitude
-0.7985° or 0° 47′ 55″ west
Population
37,000
Elevation
233 feet (71 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB FAR
Open location code
9C3X6682+3J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 25426604
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2649660
Wiki­data ID
Q643160
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Farnham” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: فارنهام
  • Asturian: Farnham
  • Azerbaijani: Farnem
  • Basque: Farnham
  • Bengali: অ্যাবিংডন- টেমস
  • Catalan: Farnham
  • Cebuano: Farnham (kapital sa parokya)
  • Cebuano: Farnham
  • Chinese: Farnham
  • Chinese: 法納姆
  • Chinese: 法纳姆
  • Czech: Farnham
  • Dutch: Farnham
  • Egyptian Arabic: فارنهام
  • Estonian: Farnham
  • Finnish: Farnham
  • French: Farnham
  • German: Farnham
  • Greek: Φάρναμ
  • Gujarati: ફાર્નહમ
  • Hebrew: פרנהאם
  • Irish: Farnham
  • Italian: Farnham
  • Japanese: ファーナム
  • Kannada: ಫರ್ನ್ಹ್ಯಾಮ್
  • Korean: 판햄
  • Ladin: Farnham
  • Lithuanian: Farnamas
  • Lithuanian: Farnemas
  • Min Nan Chinese: Farnham (Surrey)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Farnham
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Farnham
  • Persian: فارنهام
  • Polish: Farnham
  • Portuguese: Farnham
  • Romanian: Farnham
  • Russian: Фарнем
  • Serbo-Croatian: Farnham
  • Silesian: Farnham (Surrey)
  • Silesian: Farnham
  • Slovak: Farnham
  • Slovenian: Farnham
  • South Azerbaijani: فارنهام
  • Spanish: Farnham
  • Swedish: Farnham
  • Tamil: பார்ன்ஹாம்
  • Telugu: ఫంహం
  • Turkish: Farnham
  • Ukrainian: Фарнем
  • Urdu: فارن ہم
  • Urdu: فارن ہیم
  • Urdu: فارنہم
  • Urdu: فارنہیم
  • Volapük: Farnham
  • Welsh: Farnham
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